MatthewVanitas Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Picked this up cheap recently, and opened it up to check on the rubber gaskets holding the keys to the levers, but turns out there's no such thing on this model and the butons are riveted to the levers. It plays pretty well as-is, decently in tune, just needs new straps, so I put it up on the Sales section as-is to be inexpensive for a novice who wants to do sea shanties or whatnot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Hersh Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Thanks for posting! The reed pan design looks very German, though with accordion reeds rather than the long-plate aka ganged reeds that you would see on a German concertina from an earlier era. Does the concertina actually say "made in Italy" somewhere? And can you add an exterior photo of the extended bellows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatthewVanitas Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Daniel Hersh said: Thanks for posting! The reed pan design looks very German, though with accordion reeds rather than the long-plate aka ganged reeds that you would see on a German concertina from an earlier era. Does the concertina actually say "made in Italy" somewhere? And can you add an exterior photo of the extended bellows? It does indeed have "MADE IN ITALY" stamped on it behind one hand-rail. I can get an exterior of the extended bellows tomorrow, no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 (edited) The lever mechanism would remind me of that in cheap Frontalini button accordions from the 1940s/'50s, with integral aluminium pallets twisted 90 degrees out of the lever arm blank: Edited May 4, 2020 by Stephen Chambers Edited to add photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatthewVanitas Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 10 hours ago, Daniel Hersh said: And can you add an exterior photo of the extended bellows? Bellows photo attached. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 1 hour ago, MatthewVanitas said: Bellows photo attached. That's the same bellows colour scheme that you'd expect to find on a black, or dark grey, Italian accordion from the same era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Hersh Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Thanks, Matthew and Stephen. I wonder if Frontalini could have been the maker of the "Corelli" concertinas that have occasionally been discussed here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 57 minutes ago, Daniel Hersh said: I wonder if Frontalini could have been the maker of the "Corelli" concertinas that have occasionally been discussed here. That seems quite possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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